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- G. HAVELL.

BUTTON 800K.'

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

GEORGE HAVELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON-H OOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 289,095, dated November 2'?, 1883.

Application filed August i5, 1883. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAvELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city hooks hinged, 4like a knife-blade, in a handle;

and it consistsin the .specific construction of the handle and spring, as herein described,

and the combination of'the same with one opposite the hinge.

another and with the pivoted button-hook. The nature of my construction will be fully understood from the description and drawings attached hereto.

In the drawings annexed, Figure lis a side view of the entire tool,-With one side of the handle out away to exhibit the arrangement and operation ofthe spring. Fig. 2 is a view of the blank for the handle, as constructedk of sheet metal, and provided with a hole for the insertion of the fixed end lof the spring. Fig. 3 is a view o f the spring detached from the handle; and Fig. a is an edge view of the back of the tool, showing the end of the sprin g inserted in its Working position.

A is the handle, formed of sheet metal from a blank, A', and constructed with holes a a, for the hinge-rivet, and a hole, b, for retaining the spring in place, the latter hole being formed in the center of the back, near the end B is the hook, formed of any desirable shape, and hinged to the handle by a rivet, c, like a blade in a knife, the butt of the hook being suitably formed to press upon the spring, as in similar constructions.

C is the spring, formed of hard spring-wire, and constructed toy press at one end against the butt of the hook, while the other end is bent to bear against the inside of the handle and project through the hole b in its back. The spring is formed with a bend or proj ection, d, near its rear end, to form a fulcrum, the point where it presses inside the handle being indicated at e in Fig. l. The end where it is passed through the hole in the handle is also madewith a short offset, o, to lock it into the hole b, the construction requiring that the' rear end of the spring should be inserted in the hole b endwise, which can only be done before the hook is riveted in. The securing of the hook thus locks the offset 0in the hole b and brings the fulcrum d into close contact with the inside of the handle at e, thus developing the pressure of the spring upon the butt of the hook as desired.

'It is obvious that the end o, which part of 4the spring is inserted in the hole b, might be riveted upon the outer side of the handle, if desired; but such an additional fastening adds nothing to the operation of the spring and increases the cost of construction.

I am aware that a sheet-metal handle simivlar to that I employ is not new, as the same has beeuused heretofore with a different spring, and with special features adapted to the spring employed, as in United States Patent No. 240,749, of April 26, 1881. I do not, therefore, claim a sheet-metal handle and spring. except as described herein. My invention differs from that referred to in not requiring a shouldered recess at one end to retain the spring in place; in not requiring any open slot at the pivot end to clear the free end of the spring, and in requiring nothing but a bit of bent wire for the spring. The dies used for making the blanks for my handles are thus much cheaper to construct and less liable to damage in use than if constructed to produce a shouldered recess in the y blank. The only preparation my blank requires to retain the springl in place is the punching of the small hole b, which is of the followsr The hinged button-hook herein shown and described, and constructed with the sheetmetal handle A, formed with the hole b near the butt-end, andthe wire spring G, shaped as described, and secured in the hole by the offset o, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses. 

